Osip Aptekman

Osip Aptekman (18 March 1849-8 July 1926) was one of the founders of the Black Repartition movement in the Russian Empire.

Biography
Osip Aptekman was born in Pavlohrad, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) to a family of Ukrainian Jews. In 1870, he studied medicine in Kharkov, and he joined the Land and Liberty movement during the 1870s. In August 1879, he joined the Black Repartition movement, and he sought to use propaganda to spur on a revolution against the czarist regime. He was involved with politics for decades, leading illegal opposition to the government. He died in Russia on 8 July 1926.